Obituary: Richard M. Healy Jr., 75, Of Westport

Information via Harding Funeral Home

Richard M. (Dick) Healy Jr. of Westport, Conn., devoted husband, father, grandfather and dog lover, died Monday at age 75, from complications of heart failure.

He was a retired executive of Xerox Corp. and longtime active member of the Longshore Men’s Golf Association, serving as president for several years.

At Xerox, Dick held senior management roles in the U.S. and London. He was a staunch advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace from early in his career, recognized for his commitment to hiring and promoting women and people of color, many of whom went on to significant positions in Xerox and elsewhere.

Dick’s passion for golf was well-known at Westport’s Longshore Golf Course, where he was a frequent medalist in club tournaments and a multiple-time senior champion. In recent years, he stayed close to the game he loved by managing tournaments with the same eye for detail he once trained on a perfect fade on the dogleg 18th.

A Westport resident since 1980, Dick was a native of Massachusetts and a lifelong Boston sports fan. He was born in Medford to Richard M. Healy, an H.P. Hood milk delivery man, and Marian (Green) Healy, a retail clerk, and raised in Stoneham. He earned a basketball scholarship to attend Merrimack College, where he majored in business and honed his love of competition.

He was a faithful parishioner and lector at Assumption Church in Westport. He also was active in philanthropy for Catholic Charities of Fairfield County.

Dick is survived by his wife of 53 years, Arlene (Murphy) Healy, a pediatric nurse at Norwalk Hospital, whom Dick met in high school when he was president and she vice president of their senior class. He leaves three children – his daughter, Beth Healy of Boston; son Scott Healy (wife Ann Munchmeyer) of Lexington, Mass., and son Sean Healy (wife Paige) of Richmond, Va.

He is survived by six grandsons, Tyler, Patrick, Jason, Ryan, Brian, and Matt, and was predeceased by a granddaughter, Emma. He also is survived by his sister, Loretta Healy, of Concord, N.H., and her children, Peter Doucette, Laurie Doucette, and Cheri Colonna.

A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Dec. 22, at 12:30 p.m., at Assumption Church, 98 Riverside Ave., in Westport. (There will be no calling hours; burial will be private.) Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Assumption Church Food Closet (98 Riverside Ave., Westport, Conn., 06880).

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